Yearly Archives: 2017

“Today, my department has written to the school authority responsible for the Islamic School of Canberra, to inform them that their approval for access to Federal funds has been revoked with effect from 30 June 2017 (end of Term 2). “This means that the Islamic School of Canberra will no longer be receiving Australian Government…

E&OE TRANSCRIPT Interview on Women’s Agenda Work it Out with Georgie Dent Topics: Child care reforms; Access to preschool; Private providers; Work/life balance 10/04/2017 Unidentified Speaker: Welcome to a special episode of Work it Out, brought to you by Women’s agenda. Our contributing editor, Georgie Dent, speaks to the Federal Minister for Education Simon Birmingham…

E&OE TRANSCRIPT Interview on Kinderling Kids Radio with Shevonne Hunt Topics: Reforms to child care and early learning; Activity test; Access to preschool; Family Tax Benefits 10/04/2017 Shevonne Hunt: The child care package has now officially passed into legislation. You may still be confused about what it all means to you, so today we’re joined…

E&OE TRANSCRIPT Interview on Kidspot’s The Juggling Act with Mel Wilson Topics: Child care reforms; Child care centre opening hours and availability 11/04/2017 Mel Wilson: So I’ve got two children under the age of five: one one-and-a-half, and a four-and-a-half-year-old, and they’re both in day care three days a week. And I got a phone…

E&OE TRANSCRIPT Interview on ABC Radio Adelaide Breakfast with Matthew Abraham and David Bevan Topics: Lucy Gichuhi; 457 visas; Higher education funding 19/04/2017 08:35AM Matthew Abraham: This is Super Wednesday, when we get politicians who have their feet on the ground here in South Australia, South Australians and represent South Australia but also have a…

E&OE TRANSCRIPT Doorstop interview, Adelaide Topics: Teaching of phonics in Australian schools, Islamic College of South Australia and Housing Affordability 13/04/2017 9.30AM Simon Birmingham: I’m thrilled to welcome Nick Gibb, the Minister for School Standards in the United Kingdom here to Lockleys North Primary School today, and importantly to Adelaide and South Australia, my home…

E&OE TRANSCRIPT Doorstop Interview, New Delhi Topics: Education opportunities in India 11/04/2017 3:20PM Question: … association would help in this regard? Simon Birmingham: The agricultural focus of the research we’ve seen here is profound and as I alluded to in my remarks, we’ve seen one of the great successes of the world over recent decades…

E&OE TRANSCRIPT Q&A at Australia India Skill Conference 11/04/2017 4:35PM Unidentified Speaker: Well it is a joy to have you here in India. And I hope you have a productive trip. I know you visited some of the ITIs, you’ve also had a chance to talk to our people about higher education, but I just…